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US Plant Patent PP22508

Melanie

Cornus plant named ‘Melanie’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 7, 2030.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22508, the photograph of Melanie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22508, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP22508
Filed
August 7, 2010
Granted
February 21, 2012
Expires
August 7, 2030
Assignee
SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC, DOMEN ADRIANUS JOHANNES MARIE
Inventor
DOMEN ADRIANUS JOHANNES MARIE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Cornus plant named ‘Melanie’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; and white and green variegated leaves with red-colored apices; leaves becoming red in color in the autumn.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Cornus plant named ‘Melanie’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22508 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.